If you’ve ever read any Buddhist texts, then you’ve probably heard about detachment or letting go. It’s a powerful concept, but a lot of people tend to misunderstand the non-attachment concept.
While some people think it’s negative, non-attachment actually provides several benefits to everyone.
To understand the true meaning, we’ve found a great chapter from mindfulness expert Osho that explains in detail what detachment really means. We’ve summarized his excellent teachings below.
What detachment really means
The oxford dictionary defines detachment as a “state of being objective or aloof”. Osho says that being objective is considered powerful in practicing detachment, however being aloof is not terribly useful.
When you become emotionally aloof, you are disconnected from your feelings. You’re not really engaging in life.
However, the true detachment that’s inspired by Zen Buddhism means deep involvement in life – because there is a lack of attachment to the outcome.
As the spiritual author, Ron W. Rathbun wrote, “True detachment isn’t a separation from life but the absolute freedom within your mind to explore living.”
Here Osho explains how to know if you’re experiencing true detachment or indifference:
“It is not difficult to know. How do you know when you have a headache and how do you know when you don’t have a headache? It is simply clear.
When you are growing in detachment you will become healthier, happier; your life will become a life of joy. That is the criterion of all that is good. Joy is the criterion. If you are growing in joy, you are growing, and you are getting towards home….If you are moving into detachment, love will grow, joy will grow, only attachments will drop — because attachments bring misery, because attachments bring bondage, because attachments destroy your freedom.
But if you are becoming indifferent…. Indifference is a pseudo-coin, it looks like detachment, but it only LOOKS like detachment. Nothing will be growing in it. You will simply shrink and die…
“Beware. Whenever something goes wrong there are indications in your being. Sadness is an indicator, depression is an indicator; joy, celebration is also an indicator. More songs will happen to you if you are moving towards detachment.
You will be dancing more and you will become more loving. Remember, love is not attachment, love knows no attachment, and that which knows attachment is not love.
That is possessiveness, domination, clinging, fear, greed — it may be a thousand and one things, but it is not love. In the name of love other things are parading, in the name of love other things are hiding behind, but on the container the label ‘love’ is stuck. Inside you will find many sorts of things but not love at all.” My comment- Living zen dying zen .strangling the zen flowers is one way. and watching them grow is another way to maintain a zen garden.do we want to live zen or are we trying to extract a product from zen?
I can't help but strangle the beauty in my life. their is always something to sell crashing waves 🌊 on the rocks. lost struggles of mankind. I like to pretend I'm a human being. punching flowers stomping on butterflies kicking nature in the balls. chopping down trees madness please .
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